Window-shade fixture.



F. H. BASSETT.

WINDOW SHADE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4.19m.

Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

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UNITED sTATEs FRED H. BASSETT, `OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WINDOW-SHADE FIXTURE.

Application filed. .T une 4,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRED H. BAssn'r'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springeld, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Shade Fixtures, of which thefollowing is a specification. v

This invention relates to improvements in window shade fixtures and particularly in devices for raising or lowering the shade and its roller into any suitable position between the upper and lower portions of the window casing, preferably not below the middle portion of the window opening. 1t is a common practice at the present time to equip windows with two shades, one located at the top and the other at the bottom for the purpose of admitting the right quantity of light, or for ventilation. Usually for ventilation purposes it is necessary torun the upper shade to the top of the window opening. In the present invention, devices are provided for lowering or raising the roller and shade as a whole so that for ventilation or for admitting more or less light, the sha-de can be readily adjusted and locked. It might be terrn'ed a oating shade. The invention further comprises a bracket for adjustably retaining the operating cord which is used for raising, or lowering the'shade. It further comprises supporting brackets for receiving the ends of the shade roller, said brackets being so formed as to permit the same being adjusted on the cord.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the complete structure showing the arrangement of the supporting pulleys and the cord for supporting the roller in a .floating manner, the cord being shown passing through a suitable bracket at the opposite ends of the shade carrying roller.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view taken in a plane on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing the cord supporting'bracket at the top with the two pulleys, the plate or fixture which supports one end of the curtain roller and through which the supporting cord passesand the device for clamping the springv actuating rod of the roller against movement.

Fig. 3 is ea side elevational view taken in a plane on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows, and showing the plate or fixture at the opposite end of the curtain roller for rotatably supporting the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 14., 1919.

191s. seriai No. 238,095.

roller, also the bracket for securing the supporting cord against movement.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bracketin which the two rollers are mounted and over which two portions of the cord pass.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view'of the roller supporting plate through which the cord passes and which receives the spring actua-t ing rod. y

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the bracket which supports a single roller at the lower y provided with a flat proiection'at one end to which the usualspring (not shown) for rewinding the shade is connected.

4C is the supporting pivot at the opposite end of the roller. 5, 6, 7, and 8 indicate roller supporting brackets over which the cord passes that supports the shade. bracket 5, which is located in the upper left hand corner of the window. is provided with plate portions 9 and 9 for attaching the same to the side ofthe window frame as indicated at 10. This bracket carries two rollers'll and 12. The bracket 6, which is secured to the upper right hand corner of the window frame, carries two rollers 13 and 14 and is secured to the side of the window frame as indicated at 15. The bracket 7, whichcarries the single roller 16. is secured to the lower left hand side of the window frame by means of the plate 17 and the bracket 8, around which the supporting cord 18'is looped.'in order to retain the shade roller 2 in different ,positions of adjustment. This bracket is formed from a single piece of metal having the arms 19 and 20 and a The i' connecting piece 21, the arms providing v slipping so that only a single turn of the cord 18 is necessary to securely hold the roller 2 against movement. The end of the cord 18 is indicated at 23 and is passed through the space between the arms 19 and 20. It then passes upward through a ring 24 which is attached to the plate 25. This plate is Jformed with an opening 26 that receives the screw 4l of the shade roller. rhe cord, after passing through the ring 24., extends upward over the outer pulley 13 thence across to the pulley 12, then downward to the inside of the roller supporting plate 27 and outward through the eye 30, to the outer side of the plate 27 and inward through the eye 31, down the inside of the plate and outward again through the eye 32 at its lower end, then around under the roller 16, thence upward over the roller 11, across the top oit' the window, over the roller 14., where the end of the cord 18 is passed through the eye 33 of the plate to which it is secured as indicated clearly in Fig, 3. The plate 27 is formed with the struck up portions 342 having an opening 35, which receives the rectangular projection 3 of the roller to which the actuating spring secured. lietween the struck up portions 34 is a clamping screw 36 whereby the projection 3 can be clamped to the plate 2T. For the purpose of adjusting the plate 27 on the cord. it is only necessary to loosen the cord at the points where it passes through the eyes 30, 31 and 32, slide the plate along the cord and then tighten the cord again. j

The opposite end ot the roller will be automatically adjusted on. account of the flexible manner in which the roller is mounted on the pulleys just referred to. lt will be seen that when the operator pulls on the end of the cord 18 above the bracket 8, the roller 2 as a whole can be raised or lowered for the purpose of positioning it, either at the upper end ot the window traine, or at any suitable intermediate point, preferably not below the center ot the window. r1`he shade is indicated at 37. It will be noticed from the construction of the plate 27 that the cord 18 passes on the outer side of the struck up portions 34, and is, therefore, spaced away from and out of contact with thel roller 2, which might otherwise interfere with the treel operation of the roller if the cord was differently arranged with relation to the plate. From this construction it will be seen that I have provided a device that can readily be installed in any existing win-` dow frame structure and one that will permit the easy adjustment of the roller and shade as a. whole to any convenient height or elevation; also one that will permit the roller to be adjustably placed on the cord 18. The purpose of the ring 24 is to prevent that end of the shade and roller from being blown inward should the window back ot the shade and roller be opened. The ring serves to connect the plate25 to the cord 18, which is always kept taut when connected to the bracket 8, as shown in Fig. 1.

It should be mentioned that the two portions 9 and 9 of the bracket 5 and the two portions 17 and 17 of the bracket 7 permit these brackets to be attached to the window casing at either the front 0r side of the saine as may be desired, without the necessity .ot employing another bracket. Such a construction ot bracket edects a saving in construction. since only one set of dies is necessary. lt should also be noticed that the length of the supporting cord 18 is equally distributed so that the two halves ot the cord will support equal weights. Such a construction and arrangement of cord does not require any further adjustment after being properly installed. The two lengths ot the supporting cord,- it will be observed, are equal if: the lower side ot the pulley 16 is considered as the starting point and following the two strands to the attaching endet l the opening in the plate 25 and the operating end where it is secured to the bracket 8. The stretch or elongation of these two halves et the supporting cord will necessarily be equal and no further adjustment is therefore necessary.

It should be noticed that the bracket shown in F ig. '-1 is toi-med with three perforated portions thatV are parallel to each other: these portions support the pin upon which the two rollers are mounted.

What 1 claim is:

1. ln a shade roller fixture, the combination of a supporting cord for the shade roller three cord supporting brackets, rollers thereon, two of said brackets beingv located within and at the upper opposite corners of the casing and each having two rollers on the saine pivot, the other bracket being located at the lower lett hand side of the window frame and having a single roller, a pair of oppositely located plates for supporting the ends of the shade roller, one end of the cord being attached to one the plates and passed over the rollers, a bracket fixed to the lower right hand side of the window frame and having an inclined plate for wedging the cord under the plate for securing the other end of the cord and shade roller against movement, whereby, when the cord is operated, the roller, as a whole, may loe raised or lowered and secured in its adjusted position by the last mentioned bracket.

2. A plate for adjustment on a cord and for supporting one end of a shade roller, and comprising a struck up portion having an opening therethrough to receive the spring rod of the roller, a set screw in the struck up portion for clamping the rod in place, said plate having a plurality of eyes for receiving a. supporting cord, the location of the eyes being such that the intermediate portion of the cord is located ou the outer side of the plate and spaced away from the end of the roller for permitting free action of the same, as described.

3. A flat plate for supporting one end of a floating or vertically adjustable shade roller, comprising a centrally located opening to receive the headed screw or pin of the roller proper, an eye at one end for receiving the end of a roller adjusting and supporting cord and a ring at the lower end through which the cord passes to prevent the roller as a whole from being blown inward, as described.

Il. In a shade roller xture of the ioating type, the combination, of plates to receive and support the opposite ends of the roller, a supporting cord, one of the plates having openings to receive the cord for gripping the same as the cord is threaded therethrough` a ring on the other plate, brackets secured to the window-casing, pulleys thereon for receiving the roller supporting cord, said cord being normally secured against slipping movement in the opening of one of the plates and passing freely through the ring of the other plate, to prevent the shade from being blown inward, whereby when the cord is operated, the roller as a whole may be raised or lowered.

5. A bracket for supporting the cord of a movable shade roller comprising a one piece member having perforated portions arranged at an angle to each other for attachment to a fixed support at either the front or side, two perforated offset portions for receiving a pin for supporting two rollers and an intermediate perforated portion located between the odset portions, the planes of the offset portions and the intermediate portion being parallel to each other.

6. A curtain shade fixture comprising, in combination, brackets located at in the upper opposite corners of a window frame, rollers supported by each bracket, a bracket supported at the side of the window frame, a' roller supported therein, a plate for supporting one end of the shade roller and having a perforation in one end' thereof and a ring at its lower end, a plate for supporting the opposite end of the shade roller and having openings to receive and maintain the roller supporting cord against movement, a cord for adjusting the roller and having one end connected to the tirst mentioned plate and a strand passed over two of the first mentioned rollers, then downward and under the roller of the bracket at the side of the window frame, thence upward and through the openings of the other roller supporting plate and then upward and over the other rollers of the first mentioned brackets and then downward through the rin in the first mentioned roller supporting p ate, said ring serving to prevent lateral movement of the-shade roller, as described, and said cord being so arranged to maintain equal elongations of the cord on opposite ends of the shade roller.

7. A plate for receiving and supporting the spring actuated end of a self-winding shade roller and comprising a member having openings passing through the plane of the plate for receiving a supporting rope for the roller, the openings being for the purpose of preventing the plate from slipping on the rope, when drawn therethrough in opposite directions, a part of the plate having an opening in a struck up portion to receive the spring actuated projection of the shade-roller, the cord receiving opening in the plate and the struck-up portion with its opening for receiving said projection being so arranged as to permit said cord to be bent around and located at the outer end of the said spring actuated projection to prevent contact of the projection with the cord, and means for retaining the projection of the shade roller in the opening of the struck up part, as described.

FRED H. BASSETT.

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Washington, D. 0. 

